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Upcoming Events- See below for
more information |
October
5th-
Richmond
Teen
Center
Opens
October 6th- Park Board Meeting - 12noon
October 9th- Pattie A. Clay Starlight Mile - Lake
Reba Park
October 29th- Special Needs Halloween Party
October
30th-
Holiday
Happening
Vendor
Deadline
October
31st-
Trick
or
Treat
in
Richmond
6pm-8pm
October
31st-
SOKY
Regional
Bowling
Tournament
November
1st-
Adventure
Falls-
Last
Day
for
2009
Season
November 9th- SOKY Basketball Practice Begins
November
11th-
Veterans
Day-
Parks
&
Rec.
Offices
Closed
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November 26th & 27th- Thanksgiving- Parks Offices Closed
December 1st- Paradise Cove Season Passes On Sale
December 5th- Holiday Happening Craft Show-
December 5th-6th SOKY State Bowling Tournament
December 21st- Special Needs Christmas Party
December 24th & 25th- Parks & Recreation Offices Closed for Holiday
January 1st- Parks & Recreation Offices Closed for Holiday
* Check us out on
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/richmondkyparks
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*More community events and announcements listed at the bottom of
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Programs |
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Pattie A.
Clay
Starlight
Mile
One Mile Fun
Run- All
Ages
Sponsored by
Pattie A.
Clay
Regional
Medical
Center
Friday
October 9,
2009
Lake Reba
Shelter A
Registration
- Mail in or
6pm-7:15pm
day of race
$15/ages 10
& up,
$5/ages 9 &
under
Race Times:
7:30- 9 &
Under
8:00pm- 10 &
over
Click Here
for the
Registration
Form |
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Paradise Cove |
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*
Paradise
Cove - Pre Season
Passes On
Sale
December
1st.
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Sports |
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Contact
Seth
Breitner
for
more
information
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Adult
Basketball
League
Leagues
begins
in
early
January
Basketball
Organizational
Meeting:
Tentative
Date:
First
week
of
December
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Adult
Volleyball-
League
begins
2nd
week
of
January
Organizational
Meeting-
Tentative
Date:
2nd
week
of
December |
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Youth Sports |
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The Richmond
Parks &
Recreation
Department
is not in
charge of
local youth
league
sports.
Please
contact the
organizations
below for
more
information
for all
youth
leagues. |
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YMCA
Youth
Basketball
Registration:
Sept
1st-November
1st
$70 YMCA
Members
$75 Non
Members
Age Brackets
Rookies:
Ages 5-6
Winners I:
Ages 7-8
Winners II:
Ages 9-10
Winners III:
Ages 11-12
Champions:
Ages 13-15
8 Regular
Season
Games/
Double
Elimination
Tournament
Call the
Telford YMCA
(859)
623-9356 |
Upward
Basketball &
Cheerleading
Eastside
Baptist
Church
Sherrie
Green-
859-624-9649
$65 by Sept.
30
$75 by Oct.
17
Youth
Football
Sign Ups:
For
More
Information
Contact:
Mike Brock
358-5066
Chuck Hardin
661-0273
Youth
Baseball
Sign Ups
www.eteamz.com/richmondkyllb
Youth
Soccer-
www.musasoccer.com
Girl's
Softball-
www.richmondgirlssoftball.com
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Special Needs Activities &
Programs |
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SNAP
Halloween
Party
Thursday
October 29
6pm-8pm
Betty Miller
Building
Call Lisa to
register
Special
Olympics
Winter
Sports
Basketball
Sign Ups in
October
Practices
begin in
November
Coaches:
Maggy
Kriebel and
Lloyd Parson
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Photography
Club
Ages Teens & up
Meets the
3rd Monday
of the Month
7pm at the
Recreation
Center
Call for
Next Meeting
Date.
Arc of
Madison
County
Family
Support
Group
Meetings:
Support
Group for
families of
people with
various
disabilities.
RSVP to
Terra
Durbin-
terra0601@yahoo.com
October 5-
Guardianship-
Richmond-
Chransye,
1049 Center
Dr- 6pm
November 2-
Potluck &
Family
Support
meeting-
Berea
Broadway
Building-
6pm
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Miscellaneous |
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Richmond
After
School
Program
New
Director-
Amy
McDowell
amcdowell@richmond.ky.us
Kindergarten
to
5th
grade
level
Bus
Transportation
from
most
Richmond
Schools
$25/
Per
week
1st
Child
$20/
Per
Week
2nd
Child
Call
623-1650 for
registration
information |
Adventure
Falls
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Miniature
Golf
&
Batting
Cage
Complex
Located
at
Lake
Reba
Park
Party
Room
Available!
Last
Day-
November
1st.
www.adventurefalls.com
859-626-0030
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Richmond
Teen
Center
Re-opening
Monday
October
5th
Open
Daily
from
3pm-7pm
Click
here
for
an
Application |
Tourism
Talks-
If you would
like to know
what is
happening
monthly in
Richmond-
email the
Tourism
Department
at
tourism@richmond.ky.us
The Tourism
Talk
Newsletter
will be sent
out Monthly-
at the end
of the
month.
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Community Events &
Announcements |
Upcoming
Community
Events |
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October 6,
2009,
The Madison
County
Delinquency
Prevention
Council will
host the 2nd
Annual
Madison
County Step
Up for Kids
Day. The
purpose of
the event is
to draw
national
wide spread
support to
issues
affecting
America's
children—poverty,
health care,
juvenile
incarceration,
early care
and
education,
child abuse,
and
after-school
programs for
children and
families.
The Madison
County
Delinquency
Prevention
Council
would like
to encourage
the
community to
join the
march in
support of
“Step-Up for
Kids.”
Anyone
interested
in joining
the march
can either
meet at the
Teen Center
at 11:40
a.m. or they
can join the
march from
the CVS
parking lot
at 11:50
a.m. Please
contact
Jennifer
Webb at (859)
302-4132
or
jenniferwebb@kycourts.net
for
additional
information.
October 9-
Sponge
Bob Square
Pants-
5pm-7pm at
Lake Reba
Little
League
Complex.
Meet and
Greet Sponge
Bob and help
support
Breast
Cancer
Awareness
Month.
*Starlight
Mile
Participants
should
arrive
early. Race
registration
ends at
7:15pm at
Shelter A*
Sponsored by
Pattie A.
Clay
Regional
Medical
Center.
October
11-
"2nd
Sunday"-
Walk/Run/Bike/Skate
Battlefield
Park-
2pm-4pm.
Battlefield
Park
located
at
1546
Battlefield
Memorial
Hwy/
US
421
between
Richmond
&
Berea.
2nd
Sunday
is a
free
event
for
everyone
of
all
ages.
The
purpose
of
the
event
is
to
encourage
Kentuckians
to
be
physically
active
and
to
build
healthy
communities.
Come
out
to
the
battlefield
and
enjoy
games
for
kids,
physical
activity
demonstrations,
walking
tours,
door
prizes
and
much
more.
For
More
Information
call
the
Madison
County
Cooperative
Extension
Service
at
859-623-4072.
October
16-
Alzheimer's
Assoc.
Family
Caregiver
Workshop-
$10,
9am-3pm,
Madison
County
Extension
Office.
Register
today-
www.alz.org/kyin
800-272-3900
October
22-
Guilt
Free
Holiday
Fare,
$11,
Registration
5:30pm,
Program
begins
at
6pm.
Limited
Seating,
purchase
by
October
15.
Sponsored
by
Madison
County
Extension
Office
and
Madison
County
Diabetes
Center
of
Excellence.
623-4072
October
24-
Women's
Wellness
"Fun"
Day-
8:15am-2:30pm,
FREE-
EKU
Perkins
Building.
Includes
breakfast,
lunch,
prizes,
health
sessions
and
speakers.
Register
by
calling
623-4601
October
27-
Hot
Women
and
Health-
Noon-1pm.
Madison
County
Extension
Office.
"Risky
business-
A
guide
to
stroke
education"
623-4072.
Limited
space
available.
Other
dates:
Jan.
19,
Feb.
4,
April
13.
Boxed
lunch
provided,
$3
donation
requested
to
cover
costs.
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Other
Community
Announcements |
BEREA
PARKS
&
RECREATION-
For
more
information
please
call
986-9402.
Madison
County
Parks-
Call
624-0013
about
parks
in
Madison
County.
Madison
County
Extension
Office–
Community
Webpage
&
Calendar
of
Events
http://ces.ca.uky.edu/madison/
UPCOMING
EVENTS:
Contact 623-4072
Madison
County
Public
Library-
Click
here
for
the
Calendar
of
Events.
http://www.madisonlibrary.org/
Free
activities
for
teens,
tots,
and
in
between.
Madison
Indoor
Sports
- Call
625-1320
for
information
regarding
upcoming
sessions,
visit
www.madisonindoor.com
or
email
cary@madisonindoor.com
EKU
Community
Education 09
Catalogs
are
now
available!
A
wide
variety
of
non-credit
classes
are
open
to
the
general
public
including
arts
&
crafts,
baking,
computer
training,
music,
personal
growth,
and
recreation
&
exercise.
Call
622-1228
to
request
a
catalog
by
mail
or
register
for
a
class
today.
You
can
also
visit
us
on-line
at
www.ceo.eku.edu/communityeducation.
Financial
Partners-
A
Healthy
Marriage
Initiative
grant
funded
program
designed
to
help
improve
marriages
through
customized
budget
meetings
and
financial
education
classes.
Services
are
offered
at
no
cost
to
residents
of
Clark,
Estill,
Madison
&
Powell
Counties.
Services
are
not
income
based.
Customized
Financial
Coaching
in
the
areas
of:
Budgeting,
Debt
Reduction,
Saving,
Future
Planning,
and
Financial
Principles.
Call
859-624-4116
or
www.foothillscap.org/financialpartners.htm
Grandparents
As
Parents-
Offering
support
and
resources
for
grandparents
raising
grandchildren-
Contact
Amy
Robertson:
859-623-7233,
amy.robertson@headstart1.org
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